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 Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/06/22 08:18 PM
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COFF (TFF)
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I have a Winchester Model 101 O/U shotgun that gets a much more use on sporting clays courses than field work. I am considering having the barrels ported and tapering cones lengthened to reduce barrel climb and recoil.
Pros and cons on this?
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/06/22 08:39 PM
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No pros to porting on a shotgun. The extended cones MAY marginally improve patterns and marginally decrease felt recoil…maybe. Money would be better spent on classes with a top level coach.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/06/22 08:51 PM
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I have them on my Benelli Ethos Sorting gun. The ports look good but for the amount of crud they collect and time consuming to clean. Not sure I get anything else from them.
Love those new maple stocked 101's !!
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/07/22 01:10 AM
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Reducing muzzle jump for doubles is about the only + to porting. It does increase the noise level in case you feel the next skeet shooter is standing too close!
Do not trifle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/07/22 02:20 AM
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Gw123
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The best way to reduce recoil with a shotgun is one that fits exactly to you. If you intend to make it exclusively a clay gun, I would spend the money and have stock work done to have it be custom fit. Having a shotgun fired correctly also improves your clay shooting ability.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/07/22 03:22 AM
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Save your money and use it for shells and lessons and gun fitting. The modifications are iffy at best.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/07/22 01:43 PM
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Hate the extra noise they make.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/07/22 01:54 PM
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Hate the extra noise they make. X2
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/07/22 03:37 PM
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Hate the extra noise they make. X1000 I have permanent hearing damage (and tinnitus) in my left ear as a result of a guy in the duck blind with a ported shotgun. Was a Mossberg with the ports halfway down the barrel. Had no idea he brought a ported gun until he torched one off with the ports about 12” away from my ear.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/07/22 11:43 PM
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I couldn’t tell that they did anything for recoil control. Just made it noisy.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/08/22 01:48 AM
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Hate the extra noise they make. X1000 I have permanent hearing damage (and tinnitus) in my left ear as a result of a guy in the duck blind with a ported shotgun. Was a Mossberg with the ports halfway down the barrel. Had no idea he brought a ported gun until he torched one off with the ports about 12” away from my ear. Never heard of ports halfway down a barrel. Strange.
Do not trifle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/08/22 01:20 PM
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cleboje
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Porting is a waste of money...don't do it.
Lengthening the forcing cones is a better investment...but you must pattern test before and after the work to see if it improves your patterns.
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Re: Ported barrel on a shotgun
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08/08/22 01:44 PM
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Adchunts
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Hate the extra noise they make. X1000 I have permanent hearing damage (and tinnitus) in my left ear as a result of a guy in the duck blind with a ported shotgun. Was a Mossberg with the ports halfway down the barrel. Had no idea he brought a ported gun until he torched one off with the ports about 12” away from my ear. Never heard of ports halfway down a barrel. Strange. May have been more like 3/4 of the way down the barrel. Has been about 15 years, so I could be remembering incorrectly.
Last edited by Adchunts; 08/08/22 01:45 PM.
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